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Kip Tokuda

Kip Yoshino Tokuda (October 8, 1946 – July 13, 2013) was an American social worker and politician. [ 1 ] Background Tokuda was born in 1946 in Seattle, Washington . His parents ...

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Kip Yoshino Tokuda (October 8, 1946 – July 13, 2013) was an American social worker and politician.[1]

Background

Tokuda was born in 1946 in Seattle, Washington. His parents George and Tamako (born Inouye) owned the Tokuda Pharmacy, which was located on Jackson Street at the time.[1] He was raised in Seattle's Central District and on Beacon Hill neighborhoods.[1] He initially attended Garfield High School, but transferred and graduated from Cleveland High School.[1] Tokuda received both his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Washington (1969, B.A. in sociology, master's degree in social work in 1973).[2] He was director of children's and human services programs.

He served in the Washington House of Representatives 1995-2003 as a Democrat.[3][4] Tokuda was chairman of the House Children and Family Services Committee of the state House.[1] He was also a member of the Appropriations Committee and the Juvenile Justice and Family Law Committee in the chamber.[1]

Tokuda founded the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington.[1] On April 29, 2012, Tokuda was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by Emperor Akihito for promoting positive relations between Japan and the United States.[5]

His sister is television journalist Wendy Tokuda.[5] His niece Maggie Tokuda-Hall wrote a children's book called Love in the Library about how his parents met while imprisoned inside a Japanese-American detention camp during the Second World War.

Death

Tokuda died of a heart attack on July 13, 2013, at age 66 while fishing on Whidbey Island.[6]

Legacy

En 2016, el Programa de Educación Pública sobre Libertades Civiles en Memoria de Kip Tokuda se estableció en el estado de Washington a través de la Oficina del Superintendente de Instrucción Pública para educar al público sobre la historia y las lecciones de la exclusión, expulsión y detención de personas de ascendencia japonesa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

Véase también

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thompson, Lynn (15 de julio de 2013). "El exlegislador estatal Kip Tokuda muere mientras pescaba" . Seattle Times . Archivado del original el 25 de agosto de 2013. Recuperado el 16 de julio de 2013 .
  2. ↑ "OMA&D lamenta la pérdida de Kip Tokuda" . Oficina de Asuntos de Minorías y Diversidad . Universidad de Washington. 16 de julio de 2013. Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2019 .
  3. ↑ «Kip Tokuda» . Nuestras campañas.com .
  4. ↑ "Kip Tokuda" . Vota con inteligencia .
  5. 1 2 "El exlegislador del estado de Washington, Kip Tokuda, fallece a los 66 años" . Rafu Shimpo . 18 de julio de 2013.
  6. ↑ «Muere el exlegislador estatal Kip Tokuda» . KNDU .{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: servicio de archivado obsoleto ( enlace )
  7. ↑ Kashino, Debbie (noviembre de 2016). "El legado de Kip Tokuda perdura a través de una beca educativa" . Boletín informativo del NVC . Comité de Veteranos Nisei.
  8. ↑ "Programa de Educación Pública sobre Libertades Civiles en Memoria de Kip Tokuda" . Medium . 3 de enero de 2018.